MICR Code: 496002184

Bank: State Bank of India
IFSC Code: Sbin0012143
MICR Code: 496002184
Address: Chhal, Chhal, Po Chhal, Dist Raigarh Cg, Distraigarh 496665
City: Raigarh
District: Chhal
State: Chandigarh

MICR is acronym of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. Basically it is a character-recognition technology used by the banking industry to ease the processing and clearance of cheques and other documents.

Generally MICR code is nine character long. First three charaters represent city, next three charaters represents bank name and last three charaters represents bank branch.

Let's decode MICR code 496002184.

  • In this case first three codes 496 is city code and it represents city Raigarh.
  • Next three characters 002 represents bank State Bank of India.
  • Remaining characters which are 184 represents branch. In our case branch is located at address Chhal, Chhal, Po Chhal, Dist Raigarh Cg, Distraigarh 496665.

The easiest way to find MICR code is to check your

  1. Bank account statement
  2. Cheques

Please examine below sample cheque for more details

I hope this clears doubts.